Sunday 9 October 2016

9th Oct '16 Sunday - Spotted Crake, YBW, Ring Ouzel

Today's Headlines:
Another busy day, mostly sunny but chilly in the wind
Spotted Crake at Chew Valley Lake
2 Yellow-Browed Warblers, one at Aust Services and another in WSM
Ring Ouzel in Yate
Pectoral Sandpiper still at Blagdon Lake
Great White Egret counts into double figures again
9-10-16 Spotted Crake, Villice Bay CVL (Chris Craig)
(Re?)Found by Anne Crowe Today

BRISTOL
Easton, Greenbank Cemetery:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard,  1 Green Woodpecker, 5+ Jay
Stapleton:
Peregrine (on church spire again)
Southville:
Redwing over last night
9-10-16 Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Sunday lunch
Aust Services:
1 Yellow-Browed Warbler again


9-10-16 White Wagtail, Northwick Warth (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Pintail, 3 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 (juv) Little Stint, 3 Ruff, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Chiffchaff,
1 Redwing, 3 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Brambling (over, first of the Autumn), 2 Siskin

9-10-16 Teal, New Passage (Lisa Presland)

Aztec West Area:
Visible migration: 2 Skylark,c100 Redwing 3 Meadow Pipit and 5 Chiffchaff on the deck

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
1 Ring Ouzel, 2 Redwing
9-10-16 Stonechat, Lillypool Drove (Higgy)
The drove is bordered by berry-laden bushes at the moment which are full of birds

Lillypool Drove & Black Ditch, Kenn Moor:
3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven,
2 Chiffchaff, 20+ Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 10+ Greenfinch, 20+ Goldfinch

9-10-16 Song Thrush, Lillypool Drove (Higgy)

Weston-Super-Mare, Milton:
1 Yellow-Browed Warbler (ST339617)

Weston-Super-Mare, Canada Coombe:
3 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 10+ Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 12 Redwing, 20+ Mistle Thrush, 4 Bullfinch

9-10-16 Raven, Marshfield (Pete Coslett)
1 of 15 in the Shire Valley today

Shire Valley, Marshfield:
15 Raven

Upton Cheyney:
50+ Wood Pigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 12 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 9 Robin
Also: Possible Corncrake heard (Chris Perry), responding to 'comb call' (using finger across comb teeth)

Newton St Loe:
1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 25+ Redwing, 5+ Mistle Thrush
9-10-16 Kingfisher, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

Bath, Primrose Hill:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 9 Magpie, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush

9-10-16 Common Tern, Barrow Tanks (Sean Davies)

Barrow Tanks, Barrow Gurney (WeBS):
1 Mute Swan, 56 Mallard, 10 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 31 Teal, 38 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard,
41 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 20 Little Grebe, 29 Great Crested Grebe, 163 Coot, 1 Lapwing,
1 Common Snipe,  3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Stonechat

Blagdon Lake:
16 Little Egrets, 6 Great White Egret, 20 Grey Heron, 1 (juv) Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 1 Black-Tailed Godwit

Chew Valley Lake:
Villice: 10 Great White Egret, 1 Spotted Crake (Anne Crowe)
Heron's Green: 8 Gadwall, 2 Great White Egret, 16 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 (very pale) Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper
Moreton: 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler

9-10-16 Great White Egrets, Chew Valley Lake (Ian Stapp)

Stratford: 3 Pintail, 30 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 8 Lapwing
Herriotts End: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Out of the area:
Cheddar Reservoir:
9-10-16 Great White and Little Egrets, Cheddar Reservoir (George Stacey)
Little and Large

Reports: Rich Andrews, Derek J Angell, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Chris Criag, Anne Crowe, Michael Davis, Steve Davies, Steve Emery, Robert Hargreaves, Higgy, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Duncan McLaughlin, Richard Mielcarek, Nige Milbourne, Chris Perry, Lisa Presland, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, George Stacey, Stuart H,blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, @avglochris